I've been following this with interest. Obviously the way the term is used in a Cornish enginehouse is irrelevant underground. But maybe it's nothing to do with engines, and we're thinking too hard. A "plat" in modern American and Australian usage is simply a level working space beside the shaft where trucks are loaded into or unloaded from cages. A "bob" has the general meaning of something going up and down - we talk about a boat bobbing on the water, or bobbing a curtsey. Perhaps in local usage the bob just meant the shaft, where things went up and down, and the bob-plat would simply be the plat, the working space beside the shaft. That would make perfect sense in the quote from Eddy's report.
Peter Bell
> On 3 Jul 2017, at 5:31 pm, Andy Cuckson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Here is a full extract from Eddy's report with surrounding context:-
> "Atthe Adit or Day Level, a company of men are employed in driving across South tomeet the run of ground found so highly productive in the 192 yard level.
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> "The South Vein is to be seen inthe “bob-plat” at the 192 yard level, where it contains some nice ore, and somesmall bunches of ore were opened on it at the 252 yard level where a company ofmen are now employed in plundering @ £8 per ton (of ore).
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> "This vein has also been openedupon for a distance of about 20 yards in length at the 292 yards level, butwithout any discovery to notice – the vein however shows some strength and iswell deserving some further and spirited trials."
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> The observation was clearly made underground, at 192 yards below datum, not at the surface.
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> Andy
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